Factoring Exchange Rate Policy into your Investment Strategy: Risks Facing Andean Countries

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Factoring Exchange Rate Policy into your Investment Strategy: Risks Facing Andean Countries"

Transcription

1 Factoring Exchange Rate Policy into your Investment Strategy: Risks Facing Andean Countries September 2011 Dr. Eliot Kalter President, E M Strategies Senior Fellow, The Fletcher School Ekalter@EMStrategies.com

2 Factoring Exchange Rate Policy into Your Investment Strategy: The Risks Facing Andean Countries Overview Capital Inflows Have Reached Pre Crisis Levels in Latin America Strong Capital Inflows, High Real Exchange Rates and Fast Credit Growth Surge in Capital Inflows Requires Difficult Policy Choices to Reduce Risks Exploring the Current Policy Mix to Curb Currency Appreciation: Where Are We Now? Should Investors Be Concerned about Wrong Policy Choices? The Bottom Line

3 EM Capital Inflows Have Reached Pre Crisis Levels EM capital inflows: an upward trend with periods of surges and sudden stops

4 EM Overall and Regional Capital Inflows Rapid recovery of net private capital inflows

5 EM Overall and Regional Capital Inflows A rapid recovery of capital inflows with levels approaching pre crisis levels in EM Asia and Latin America

6 Latam Country Experience with Capital Inflows Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Peru are all approaching pre crisis Inflows Gross Capital Inflows Gross Capital non FDI Inflows

7 EM Capital Inflows Continue in 2011 Advanced country sovereign debt problems and greater global risk aversion in 2011 have not stopped the rapid pace of EM capital inflows

8 Global External Imbalances Will Support Continued EM Capital Inflows Sizable global imbalances projected to continue in the medium term

9 Latin America: Strong Capital Inflows, High Real Exchange Rates and Fast Credit Growth We have seen that capital inflows are approaching pre crisis level in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Chile At the same time we will see that: Real effective exchange rate is appreciated outside its 10 year range in Colombia and Brazil Real credit is growing rapidly in Brazil, Colombia and Peru and has reached its pre crisis levels in Brazil and Colombia This points to the need to better understand the required country policy response to maintain sustained economic growth

10 Latin America: Strong Capital Inflows, High Real Exchange Rates and Fast Credit Growth Capital Inflows in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Chile are driving fast growth in credit to private sector and appreciation of real exchange rate

11 Latin America: Strong Capital Inflows and Fast Credit Growth Credit growth is above pre crisis levels in Brazil and Colombia

12 Surge in Capital Inflows Requires Difficult EM Policy Choices Exchange rate adjustment. Using the exchange rate as an automatic stabilizer may be the first policy option for countries with an undervalued exchange rate or when capital inflows are considered permanent Intervention. Economies may intervene to keep the exchange rate at the current level or to slow appreciation when countries need to increase their reserves or when capital inflows are temporary. However, sterilization of the liquidity injected by interventions can be expensive Monetary policy. Monetary easing can narrow the interest rate differential between foreign and domestic interest rates and, thereby, reduce the incentives for investors borrowing in low yielding currencies and investing in high yielding ones Fiscal policy. Fiscal tightening can support monetary policy by reducing the budget s financing needs and thus allowing for lower real interest rates Prudential regulation and supervision. Prudential ratios in the financial sector, such as liquidity ratios, which differentiate according to currencies, or reserve requirements that vary according to maturity can be used to influence capital inflows.

13 Surge in Capital Inflows Requires an Appropriate Policy Mix to Reduce Risks Some policy considerations The surge of capital inflows is likely to subside or even experience a sudden stop but Andean countries can expect strong secular capital inflows The permanent nature of strong capital inflows calls for these countries to partly absorb these inflows through an appreciation of the exchange rate However, especially for those countries with a significantly overvalued exchange rate, the brunt of the pressure on the exchange rate should be taken up by sterilized currency intervention (giving time for needed structural changes) This exchange rate policy should be combined with a mix of tighter fiscal policy and looser monetary policy to reduce incentives for capital inflows; extensive prudential regulations; liberalization of restrictions on capital outflows; and, if necessary, capital controls Once U.S. policy tightening begins, flows could slow abruptly. This is an additional reason for EM countries to ensure that their domestic policies are suitably countercyclical to enable a looser fiscal policy when needed

14 Exploring the Current Policy Mix: Where Are We Now? Brazil and Colombia have absorbed capital inflows through exchange rate adjustment

15 Exploring the Current Policy Mix: Where Are We Now? Deviations from equilibrium exchange rate estimated by Credit Suisse also indicate that Brazil and Colombia exchange rates are overvalued

16 Exploring the Current Policy Mix: Where Are We Now? Peru, and to a lesser extent Brazil, has also absorbed capital inflows through currency intervention

17 Exploring the Current Policy Mix: Where Are We Now? Colombia has been more aggressive than Brazil in using macro prudential tools

18 Exploring the Current Policy Mix: Where Are We Now? Brazil overheating exceeds that of most other principal emerging markets Peru appears close to overheating with output level above potential while its fiscal position is strong but is not being used as a policy tool to reduce pressures for capital inflows

19 Should Investors Be Concerned about Wrong Policy Choices? The IMF overheating indicators look at pressures on domestic demand and inflation and find Brazil over heating

20 Should Investors Be Concerned about Wrong Policy Choices? These indicators show: Brazil over heating without room to allow the exchange rate to absorb pressures from capital inflows Colombia has also lost room for additional exchange rate appreciation but is not over heating Peru and Chile are not seen as over heating and have more room for some additional appreciation of the exchange rate

21 The Bottom Line An Appropriate Policy Mix is Needed to Reduce Economic and Financial Risks To prevent economic over heating and asset bubbles, an appropriate policy mix is required that includes: Balancing exchange rate appreciation and intervention in combination with Tighter fiscal policy, looser monetary policy and prudential regulations to reduce incentives for capital surges and rapid credit expansion Liberalization of restrictions on capital outflows This appropriate policy mix will also help reduce risks in the face of a global economic slowdown or an eventual tightening of U.S. economic policies: Latin countries will eventually face another sudden stop of capital inflows The right policy mix now will allow EM countries to use countercyclical fiscal and monetary policy to offset external shocks

22 The Bottom Line The Andean countries are in a better position than Brazil to manage continued strong capital inflows and increasing private sector activity due to: Unlike Brazil, the Andean economies are not at the point of over heating Andean countries face a more manageable surge of capital inflows and growth of private credit There is somewhat more room for currency appreciation to absorb pressures In general, Andean countries are in a stronger fiscal position As a result, Andean countries are in a better position to gain from further capital inflows and implement counter cyclical policies in the face of any negative external shocks

23 The Bottom Line Within the Andean countries: Colombia Has surpassed prior peak levels of credit expansion but a still relatively moderate pace and does not have room for further currency appreciation but has actively used macro prudential measures and has room for additional currency intervention Peru Has rapid growth of credit to private sector though has not exceeded prior peak levels but relied on currency intervention and has room for currency appreciation it has a strong fiscal position but it is deteriorating Chile Is furthest away from over heating and has room for currency appreciation it also has a strong fiscal position which is improving in addition, Chile has greater flexibility for capital outflows than Colombia and Peru

24 Factoring Exchange Rate Policy into your Investment Strategy: Risks Facing Andean Countries September 2011 Dr. Eliot Kalter President, E M Strategies Senior Fellow, The Fletcher School Ekalter@EMStrategies.com

Monetary Policy in the Post-Crisis Period

Monetary Policy in the Post-Crisis Period Monetary Policy in the Post-Crisis Period A. Hakan Kara Research and Monetary Policy Department EAF Conference October 10, 2011 Contents I. Changing View of Central Banking II. Capital Flows to Emerging

More information

Capital Flow Volatility and Systemic Risk in Emerging Markets: The Policy Toolkit

Capital Flow Volatility and Systemic Risk in Emerging Markets: The Policy Toolkit Chapter 3 Capital Flow Volatility and Systemic Risk in Emerging Markets: The Policy Toolkit Stijn Claessens and Swati R. Ghosh* Introduction As the global financial crisis has shown, reaping the benefits

More information

Switzerland 2013 Article for Consultation Preliminary Conclusions Bern, March 18, 2013

Switzerland 2013 Article for Consultation Preliminary Conclusions Bern, March 18, 2013 Switzerland 2013 Article for Consultation Preliminary Conclusions Bern, March 18, 2013 With the exchange rate floor in place for over a year, the Swiss economy remains stable, though inflation remains

More information

Economic Overview. East Asia managed to weather the global recession by relying on export-oriented

Economic Overview. East Asia managed to weather the global recession by relying on export-oriented Economic Overview Economic growth remains strong in East Asia and retains healthy momentum thanks to strong commodity prices and increases in exports. leads the region in growth and its GDP is expected

More information

Impact of Global Financial Crisis on South Asia

Impact of Global Financial Crisis on South Asia Impact of Global Financial Crisis on South Asia February 17, 2009 - The global financial crisis hit South Asia at a time when it had barely recovered from severe terms of trade shock resulting from the

More information

Homework Assignment #3: Answer Sheet

Homework Assignment #3: Answer Sheet Econ 434 Professor Ickes Homework Assignment #3: Answer Sheet Fall 2009 This assignment is due on Thursday, December 10, 2009, at the beginning of class (or sooner). 1. Consider the graphical model of

More information

Recent Developments in Local Currency Bond Markets (LCBMs) 1. October 2013

Recent Developments in Local Currency Bond Markets (LCBMs) 1. October 2013 Recent Developments in Local Currency Bond Markets (LCBMs) 1 October 2013 Given the importance of local currency bond markets (LCBMs), including in the context of the work now underway on financing for

More information

The Mexican Economy: Facts and Opportunities

The Mexican Economy: Facts and Opportunities Manuel Sánchez Santander Global Fixed Income Summit London, England, September 20, 2012 Contents 1 Structural features 2 Recent developments and outlook 3 Inflation and monetary policy 4 Economic challenges

More information

DEVELOPMENTS IN 1990 s

DEVELOPMENTS IN 1990 s MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT WITH OPEN CAPITAL ACCOUNTS: THE TURKISH CASE FAIK OZTRAK Director TUSIAD-Koc University, Economic Research Forum HIGH LEVEL SEMINAR ON CRISIS PREVENTION, SINGAPORE, JULY 1, 26

More information

The FDI regime in Brazil has been fairly open during the last decades. Except in specific situations in the legislation or as a manner to circumvent

The FDI regime in Brazil has been fairly open during the last decades. Except in specific situations in the legislation or as a manner to circumvent The FDI regime in Brazil has been fairly open during the last decades. Except in specific situations in the legislation or as a manner to circumvent FDI limitations, there is no distinction between established

More information

18th Year of Publication. A monthly publication from South Indian Bank. www.sib.co.in

18th Year of Publication. A monthly publication from South Indian Bank. www.sib.co.in To kindle interest in economic affairs... To empower the student community... Open YAccess www.sib.co.in ho2099@sib.co.in A monthly publication from South Indian Bank 18th Year of Publication SIB STUDENTS

More information

New Frameworks for Monetary Policy Analysis in an Era of Crises, Opening Remarks

New Frameworks for Monetary Policy Analysis in an Era of Crises, Opening Remarks New Frameworks for Monetary Policy Analysis in an Era of Crises Opening Remarks Rodrigo Vergara Governor, Central Bank of Chile Good morning. It is a pleasure for me and for the Central Bank of Chile to

More information

Caucasus and Central Asia: Oil Price Decline and Regional Spillovers Darken the Outlook

Caucasus and Central Asia: Oil Price Decline and Regional Spillovers Darken the Outlook Caucasus and Central Asia: Oil Price Decline and Regional Spillovers Darken the Outlook Economic activity in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) will continue to decelerate in 215 mainly as a consequence

More information

Monetary and Financial Aspects of Issuing Public Debt Instruments in Kuwait (1)

Monetary and Financial Aspects of Issuing Public Debt Instruments in Kuwait (1) Monetary and Financial Aspects of Issuing Public Debt Instruments in Kuwait (1) I would like to thank the Faculty of Commerce for arranging this meeting, which I hope will lead to the clarification of

More information

Exchange Rate Policy in the Policy Analysis Matrix

Exchange Rate Policy in the Policy Analysis Matrix Slide 1 Exchange Rate Policy in the Policy Analysis Matrix Scott Pearson Stanford University Lecture Program Scott Pearson is Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Food Research Institute, Stanford

More information

High interest rates have contributed to a stronger currency

High interest rates have contributed to a stronger currency Financial markets and Central Bank measures: 1 High interest rates have contributed to a stronger currency The króna has appreciated after the extension of the exchange rate band and the Central Bank s

More information

FISCAL POLICY: HAS BRAZIL GRADUATED FROM PRO- CYCLICAL POLICIES? Marcio Holland Secretary of Economic Policy Ministry of Finance, Brazil

FISCAL POLICY: HAS BRAZIL GRADUATED FROM PRO- CYCLICAL POLICIES? Marcio Holland Secretary of Economic Policy Ministry of Finance, Brazil FISCAL POLICY: HAS BRAZIL GRADUATED FROM PRO- CYCLICAL POLICIES? Marcio Holland Secretary of Economic Policy Ministry of Finance, Brazil XXXIX Meeting of the Network of Central Banks and Finance Ministries

More information

Benchmark 10Y Government Bond Yield @ 9% - Favourable Risk - Reward for Investors

Benchmark 10Y Government Bond Yield @ 9% - Favourable Risk - Reward for Investors Benchmark 10Y Government Bond Yield @ 9% - Favourable Risk - Reward for Investors November 26, 2013 1. 10Y Government Bond Yield has been trending higher after the Credit Policy on October 29, 2013 Movement

More information

The International Crisis and Latin America: Growth Effects and Development Strategies. Vittorio Corbo Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel

The International Crisis and Latin America: Growth Effects and Development Strategies. Vittorio Corbo Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel ::: The International Crisis and Latin America: Growth Effects and Development Strategies Vittorio Corbo Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel World Bank Seminar on Managing Openness: Outward-oriented Growth Strategies

More information

percentage points to the overall CPI outcome. Goods price inflation increased to 4,6

percentage points to the overall CPI outcome. Goods price inflation increased to 4,6 South African Reserve Bank Press Statement Embargo on Delivery 28 January 2016 Statement of the Monetary Policy Committee Issued by Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank Since the

More information

ECON 4423: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

ECON 4423: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Economics ECON 4423: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Final Examination Fall 2005 Name: Answer Key Student ID: Instructions: This test is 1 1/2 hours in length. You

More information

Chapter 17. Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention. Copyright 2003 Pearson Education, Inc.

Chapter 17. Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention. Copyright 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 17 Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention Slide 17-1 Chapter 17 Learning Goals How a central bank must manage monetary policy so as to fix its currency's value in the foreign exchange

More information

World Economic Outlook

World Economic Outlook World Economic Outlook Transitions and Tensions Rupa Duttagupta Deputy Division Chief Research Department, IMF United Nations, Project LINK Meetings, October 21, 213 1 Global growth dynamics are in transition

More information

GOVERNMENT OF SAINT LUCIA DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

GOVERNMENT OF SAINT LUCIA DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY Page 1 of 5 Introduction GOVERNMENT OF SAINT LUCIA DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY Debt management is the process of establishing and executing a strategy for managing the government s debt in order to raise

More information

Ignazio Visco: Rebalancing trade and capital flows

Ignazio Visco: Rebalancing trade and capital flows Ignazio Visco: Rebalancing trade and capital flows Remarks by Mr Ignazio Visco, Deputy Director General of the Bank of Italy, at the Global Economic Symposium 2010, Istanbul, 29 September 2010. * * * 1.

More information

7. Spillovers from Russia to the CCA

7. Spillovers from Russia to the CCA 7. Spillovers from Russia to the CCA In the face of sharply lower oil prices and geopolitical tensions and sanctions, economic activity in Russia has rapidly decelerated, resulting in negative spillovers

More information

RIA Novosti Press Meeting. Economic Outlook and Policy Challenges for Russia in 2012. Odd Per Brekk Senior Resident Representative.

RIA Novosti Press Meeting. Economic Outlook and Policy Challenges for Russia in 2012. Odd Per Brekk Senior Resident Representative. RIA Novosti Press Meeting Economic Outlook and Policy Challenges for Russia in 2012 Odd Per Brekk Senior Resident Representative January 26, 2012 This morning I will start with introductory remarks on

More information

THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF FINLAND 1990-1993: causes and consequences. Jaakko Kiander Labour Institute for Economic Research

THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF FINLAND 1990-1993: causes and consequences. Jaakko Kiander Labour Institute for Economic Research THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF FINLAND 1990-1993: causes and consequences Jaakko Kiander Labour Institute for Economic Research CONTENTS Causes background The crisis Consequences Role of economic policy Banking

More information

e) Permanent changes in monetary and fiscal policies (assume now long run price flexibility)

e) Permanent changes in monetary and fiscal policies (assume now long run price flexibility) Topic I.4 concluded: Goods and Assets Markets in the Short Run a) Aggregate demand and equilibrium b) Money and asset markets equilibrium c) Short run equilibrium of Y and E d) Temporary monetary and fiscal

More information

State budget borrowing requirements financing plan and its background May 2013

State budget borrowing requirements financing plan and its background May 2013 Public Debt Department State budget borrowing requirements financing plan and its background May 2013 THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION Monthly issuance calendar... 2 Record high level of foreign investors'

More information

Cross-Border Capital Flows Statistics and Its Implication for Monitoring in China

Cross-Border Capital Flows Statistics and Its Implication for Monitoring in China First IMF Statistical Forum Statistics for Global Economic and Financial Stability Cross-Border Capital Flows Statistics and Its Implication for Monitoring in China Wang Xiaoyi State Administration of

More information

Australia's experience with capital flows under different exchange rate regimes:

Australia's experience with capital flows under different exchange rate regimes: Australia's experience with capital flows under different exchange rate regimes: Note for the CGFS Working Group on Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies Australia's experience with capital flows

More information

The global economy Banco de Portugal Lisbon, 24 September 2013 Mr. Pier Carlo Padoan OECD Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist

The global economy Banco de Portugal Lisbon, 24 September 2013 Mr. Pier Carlo Padoan OECD Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist The global economy Banco de Portugal Lisbon, 24 September 213 Mr. Pier Carlo Padoan OECD Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist Summary of presentation Global economy slowly exiting recession but

More information

Institutional Investor Asset Management in a Low Return/High Risk World

Institutional Investor Asset Management in a Low Return/High Risk World Institutional Investor Asset Management in a Low Return/High Risk World Dr. Eliot Kalter President, E M Strategies Senior Fellow, The Fletcher School EKalter@EMStrategies.com Executive Summary I. Global

More information

TIMING YOUR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES USING BUSINESS CYCLES AND STOCK SECTORS. Developed by Peter Dag & Associates, Inc.

TIMING YOUR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES USING BUSINESS CYCLES AND STOCK SECTORS. Developed by Peter Dag & Associates, Inc. TIMING YOUR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES USING BUSINESS CYCLES AND STOCK SECTORS Developed by Peter Dag & Associates, Inc. 5 4 6 7 3 8 3 1 2 Fig. 1 Introduction The business cycle goes through 4 major growth

More information

Macroprudential Policies in Korea

Macroprudential Policies in Korea 1 IMF-Riksbank Conference Stockholm, November 13~14, 2014 Macroprudential Policies in Korea Tae Soo Kang Disclaimer This presentation represents the views of the author and not necessarily those of the

More information

Global Markets Update Signature Global Advisors

Global Markets Update Signature Global Advisors SIGNATURE GLOBAL ADVISORS MARKETS UPDATE AUGUST 3, 2011 The following comments come from an internal interview with Chief Investment Officer, Eric Bushell. They represent Signature s current market views

More information

Lecture 10: International banking

Lecture 10: International banking Lecture 10: International banking The sessions so far have focused on banking in a domestic context. In this lecture we are going to look at the issues which arise from the internationalisation of banking,

More information

Aspects of fiscal/debt management and monetary policy interaction: the recent experience of Saudi Arabia

Aspects of fiscal/debt management and monetary policy interaction: the recent experience of Saudi Arabia Aspects of fiscal/debt management and monetary policy interaction: the recent experience of Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Hamidy 1 Abstract As Saudi Arabia s oil export revenues constitute about 90% of its

More information

Decomposition of External Capital Inflows and Outflows in the Small Open Transition Economy (The Case Analysis of the Slovak Republic)

Decomposition of External Capital Inflows and Outflows in the Small Open Transition Economy (The Case Analysis of the Slovak Republic) PANOECONOMICUS, 2008, 2, str. 219-231 UDC 330.342(437.6) ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER Decomposition of External Capital Inflows and Outflows in the Small Open Transition Economy (The Case Analysis of the

More information

Adjusting to a Changing Economic World. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It s a pleasure to be with you here in Montréal today.

Adjusting to a Changing Economic World. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It s a pleasure to be with you here in Montréal today. Remarks by David Dodge Governor of the Bank of Canada to the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal Montréal, Quebec 11 February 2004 Adjusting to a Changing Economic World Good afternoon, ladies and

More information

Efic. Capital outflows from emerging markets revisited. 27 February 2014. Roger Donnelly Chief Economist

Efic. Capital outflows from emerging markets revisited. 27 February 2014. Roger Donnelly Chief Economist Efic Capital outflows from emerging markets revisited 27 February 2014 Roger Donnelly Chief Economist Capital outflows from emerging markets revisited Conclusion We maintain the conclusion we reached last

More information

Recent Developments in Economic Activity, Prices, and Monetary Policy

Recent Developments in Economic Activity, Prices, and Monetary Policy June 23, 2016 Bank of Japan Recent Developments in Economic Activity, Prices, and Monetary Policy Speech at a Meeting with Business Leaders in Ishikawa Takahide Kiuchi Member of the Policy Board (English

More information

New Monetary Policy Challenges

New Monetary Policy Challenges New Monetary Policy Challenges 63 Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice, 2013, 1, pp. 63-67 Received: 5 December 2012; accepted: 4 January 2013 UDC: 336.74 Alexey V. Ulyukaev * New Monetary Policy

More information

Latin America s Debt crisis 1980 s

Latin America s Debt crisis 1980 s Latin America s Debt crisis 1980 s The LATAM Debt Crisis of the 80 s Why the region accumulated an unmanageable external debt? What factors precipitated the crisis? How sovereignties and international

More information

ISSUE 2 2013 REPORT YIELD, GROWTH OR THE BEST OF BOTH

ISSUE 2 2013 REPORT YIELD, GROWTH OR THE BEST OF BOTH YIELD, GROWTH OR THE BEST OF BOTH A report prepared by the Institutional Investor Custom Research Group in conjunction with AMP Capital / October 2013 Welcome to the second issue of the AMP Capital Institutional

More information

Andréa M Maechler: Monetary policy in 2015 a first assessment

Andréa M Maechler: Monetary policy in 2015 a first assessment Andréa M Maechler: Monetary policy in 2015 a first assessment Speech by Ms Andréa M Maechler, Member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, at the Money Market Event, Geneva, 19 November 2015.

More information

United States House of Representatives. Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises

United States House of Representatives. Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises Credit Default Swaps on Government Debt: Potential Implications of the Greek Debt

More information

Section 2 Evaluation of current account balance fluctuations

Section 2 Evaluation of current account balance fluctuations Section 2 Evaluation of current account balance fluctuations Key points 1. The Japanese economy and IS balance trends From a macroeconomic perspective, the current account balance weighs the Japanese economy

More information

Statement by. Janet L. Yellen. Chair. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. before the. Committee on Financial Services

Statement by. Janet L. Yellen. Chair. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. before the. Committee on Financial Services For release at 8:30 a.m. EST February 10, 2016 Statement by Janet L. Yellen Chair Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System before the Committee on Financial Services U.S. House of Representatives

More information

The Open Economy. Nominal Exchange Rates. Chapter 10. Exchange Rates, Business Cycles, and Macroeconomic Policy in the Open Economy

The Open Economy. Nominal Exchange Rates. Chapter 10. Exchange Rates, Business Cycles, and Macroeconomic Policy in the Open Economy Chapter 10 Exchange Rates, Business Cycles, and Macroeconomic Policy in the Open Economy Economics 282 University of Alberta The Open Economy Two aspects of the interdependence of the world economies:

More information

Be prepared Four in-depth scenarios for the eurozone and for Switzerland

Be prepared Four in-depth scenarios for the eurozone and for Switzerland www.pwc.ch/swissfranc Be prepared Four in-depth scenarios for the eurozone and for Introduction The Swiss economy is cooling down and we are currently experiencing unprecedented levels of uncertainty in

More information

Managing Stop-Go Capital Flows in EM Asia: So Far, So Good

Managing Stop-Go Capital Flows in EM Asia: So Far, So Good Managing Stop-Go Capital Flows in EM Asia: So Far, So Good Andrew Filardo Bank for International Settlements Prepared for the Central Banks of Finland and Austria Joint Conference on European Economic

More information

Kiel. Policy Brief. The Importance of Investment Income and Transfers in the Current Account: A New Look on Imbalances. Rolf J.

Kiel. Policy Brief. The Importance of Investment Income and Transfers in the Current Account: A New Look on Imbalances. Rolf J. Kiel Policy Brief The Importance of Investment Income and Transfers in the Current Account: A New Look on Imbalances Rolf J. Langhammer No. 48 May 2012 Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel Kiel Institute for

More information

Why a Floating Exchange Rate Regime Makes Sense for Canada

Why a Floating Exchange Rate Regime Makes Sense for Canada Remarks by Gordon Thiessen Governor of the Bank of Canada to the Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain Montreal, Quebec 4 December 2000 Why a Floating Exchange Rate Regime Makes Sense for Canada

More information

Current account deficit -10. Private sector Other public* Official reserve assets

Current account deficit -10. Private sector Other public* Official reserve assets Australian Capital Flows and the financial Crisis Introduction For many years, Australia s high level of investment relative to savings has been supported by net foreign capital inflow. This net capital

More information

Economic Outlook. Latam

Economic Outlook. Latam Economic Outlook Latam Economic Analysis World economic growth will pick up steadily to 3.5% in, supported by lower risk aversion in response to the measures taken by central banks, in particular the ECB.

More information

Greece Current trajectory & macroeconomic outlook

Greece Current trajectory & macroeconomic outlook Greece Current trajectory & macroeconomic outlook 2 η Διημερίδα Επίκαιρα Ζητήματα Φορολογικού Δικαίου 12-13 Δεκεμβρίου 2015 e-θέμις Dr. Platon Monokroussos Group Chief Economist Eurobank Ergasias S.A.

More information

Foreign exchange market developments and intervention in Korea

Foreign exchange market developments and intervention in Korea Foreign exchange market developments and intervention in Korea Sangdai Ryoo, Taeyong Kwon and Hyejin Lee 1 Abstract This paper provides an overview of the developments in the Korean foreign exchange market

More information

Sovereign wealth funds and the exchange rate: comparing resource booms in Australia, Chile and Norway

Sovereign wealth funds and the exchange rate: comparing resource booms in Australia, Chile and Norway Sovereign wealth funds and the exchange rate: comparing resource booms in, Phil Garton 1 The idea of establishing a sovereign wealth as a response to the challenges posed by the resource boom has attracted

More information

FRBSF ECONOMIC LETTER

FRBSF ECONOMIC LETTER FRBSF ECONOMIC LETTER 214-23 August 4, 214 Long Road to Normal for Bank Business Lending BY SIMON KWAN Following the 27 9 financial crisis, bank lending to plummeted. Five years later, the dollar amount

More information

Monetary policy rules and their application in Russia. Economics Education and Research Consortium Working Paper Series ISSN 1561-2422.

Monetary policy rules and their application in Russia. Economics Education and Research Consortium Working Paper Series ISSN 1561-2422. Economics Education and Research Consortium Working Paper Series ISSN 1561-2422 No 04/09 Monetary policy rules and their application in Russia Anna Vdovichenko Victoria Voronina This project (02-230) was

More information

Statement to Parliamentary Committee

Statement to Parliamentary Committee Statement to Parliamentary Committee Opening Remarks by Mr Glenn Stevens, Governor, in testimony to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Sydney, 14 August 2009. The Bank s Statement

More information

International Economic Relations

International Economic Relations nswers to Problem Set #5 International conomic Relations Prof. Murphy Chapter 5 Krugman and Obstfeld. Relative PPP predicts that inflation differentials are matched by changes in the exchange rate. Under

More information

Determinants of FX Rates: Chapter 2. Chapter Objectives & Lecture Notes FINA 5500

Determinants of FX Rates: Chapter 2. Chapter Objectives & Lecture Notes FINA 5500 Determinants of FX Rates: Chapter 2 Chapter Objectives & Lecture Notes FINA 5500 Chapter Objectives: FINA 5500 Chapter 2 / Determinants of Exchange Rates 1. To be able to explain in your own words why

More information

Monetary Policy Matters

Monetary Policy Matters Monetary Policy Matters February 26, 2015 by Mark Mobius of Franklin Templeton Investments This year we expect the divergence in monetary policy among the world s central banks to be a key theme and a

More information

11-1. Framework of Analysis. Global Economic Considerations. Figure 12.1 Change in Real Exchange Rate: Dollar Versus Major Currencies.

11-1. Framework of Analysis. Global Economic Considerations. Figure 12.1 Change in Real Exchange Rate: Dollar Versus Major Currencies. Framework of Analysis CHAPTER 12 Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis Fundamental Analysis Approach to Fundamental Analysis Domestic and global economic analysis Industry analysis Company analysis Why use

More information

ECONOMIC REVIEW(A Monthly Issue) March, April, 2015 2014

ECONOMIC REVIEW(A Monthly Issue) March, April, 2015 2014 ECONOMIC REVIEW(A Monthly Issue) March, April, 2015 2014 Economics & Strategic Planning Department http://www.bochk.com Effects The of Reasons CNH Exchange Why the Rate Singapore on Offshore Economy RMB

More information

THE RETURN OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OR CAPEX CYCLE IN MALAYSIA

THE RETURN OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OR CAPEX CYCLE IN MALAYSIA PUBLIC BANK BERHAD ECONOMICS DIVISION MENARA PUBLIC BANK 146 JALAN AMPANG 50450 KUALA LUMPUR TEL : 03 2176 6000/666 FAX : 03 2163 9929 Public Bank Economic Review is published bi monthly by Economics Division,

More information

Globalization and Monetary Policy

Globalization and Monetary Policy Globalization and Monetary Policy John B. Taylor Stanford University Fifteenth Cycle of Economic Lectures Banco de Guatemala 22 June 2006 Outline: Three Themes Increased Need for Systematic Strategies

More information

Activity in the NIS-Forex Market

Activity in the NIS-Forex Market PART 2, CHAPTER 1, COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF NIS-FOREX MARKET Part 2 Activity in the NIS-Forex Market 85 BANK OF ISRAEL, CONTROLLER OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE, ANNUAL REPORT 2001 86 PART 2, CHAPTER 1, COMPREHENSIVE

More information

Mexico: The challenges of capital inflows. Manuel Sánchez, Deputy Governor

Mexico: The challenges of capital inflows. Manuel Sánchez, Deputy Governor Manuel Sánchez, Deputy Governor Adam Smith Seminar, Schloss Spiez, Switzerland, June 26, 2013 Contents 1 Taxonomy of capital inflows 2 Risks and the prevention of problems 3 Economic outlook 2 Like other

More information

Dr Andreas Dombret Member of the Board of Deutsche Bundesbank. The euro area Prospects and challenges

Dr Andreas Dombret Member of the Board of Deutsche Bundesbank. The euro area Prospects and challenges Dr Andreas Dombret Member of the Board of Deutsche Bundesbank The euro area Prospects and challenges Speech at the Fundacao Getulio Vargas in Sao Paulo Monday, 5 October 2015 Seite 1 von 12 Inhalt 1 Introduction...

More information

International Monetary Policy Transmission Előd Takáts and Abraham Vela Bank for International Settlements. BIS Papers No 78. Carl Musozya.

International Monetary Policy Transmission Előd Takáts and Abraham Vela Bank for International Settlements. BIS Papers No 78. Carl Musozya. International Monetary Policy Transmission Előd Takáts and Abraham Vela Bank for International Settlements. BIS Papers No 78 Carl Musozya. Introduction. Effects of advanced economy monetary policy on the

More information

IMF MULTI-COUNTRY REPORT

IMF MULTI-COUNTRY REPORT August 2013 IMF Country Report IMF MULTI-COUNTRY REPORT 2013 PILOT EXTERNAL SECTOR REPORT INDIVIDUAL ECONOMY ASSESSMENTS August 1, 2013 IMF staff regularly produces papers covering multilateral issues

More information

International Monetary and Financial Committee

International Monetary and Financial Committee International Monetary and Financial Committee Twenty-Seventh Meeting April 20, 2013 Statement by Koen Geens, Minister of Finance, Ministere des Finances, Belgium On behalf of Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia

More information

The EMU and the debt crisis

The EMU and the debt crisis The EMU and the debt crisis MONETARY POLICY REPORT FEBRUARY 212 43 The debt crisis in Europe is not only of concern to the individual debt-ridden countries; it has also developed into a crisis for the

More information

URUGUAY. 1. General trends

URUGUAY. 1. General trends Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014 1 URUGUAY 1. General trends In 2013, Uruguay s level of economic activity increased by 4.4% compared with 2012, according to the country s physical

More information

Santander Asset Management Focus on LATAM. Sao Paulo, May 2011

Santander Asset Management Focus on LATAM. Sao Paulo, May 2011 Santander Asset Management Focus on LATAM Sao Paulo, May 2011 2 Santander Asset Management advise that this presentation contains representations regarding forecasts and estimates. Said forecasts and estimates

More information

Min. Guido Mantega. November 2009

Min. Guido Mantega. November 2009 New Cycle of Brazilian Economic Growth Financial i Times Min. Guido Mantega November 2009 Reasons to begin a new growth cycle Brazil faced the crisis with a strong economy; Emerged from it stronger than

More information

Statement N 32. Lima, October 28th, 2014. Emerging Markets Slowdown: Global and Domestic Economic Policy Challenges

Statement N 32. Lima, October 28th, 2014. Emerging Markets Slowdown: Global and Domestic Economic Policy Challenges Comité Latino Americano de Asuntos Financieros Latin American Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee Comitê Latino Americano de Assuntos Financeiros www.claaf.org Statement N 32 Lima, October 28th, 2014

More information

The impact of the slowdown in emerging markets on the Spanish economy

The impact of the slowdown in emerging markets on the Spanish economy The impact of the slowdown in emerging markets on the Spanish economy Sara Baliña, Cristina Colomo and Matías Lamas 1 Recent instability in some emerging markets threatens to undermine the recovery in

More information

The Macroeconomic Situation and Monetary Policy in Russia. Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Macroeconomic Situation and Monetary Policy in Russia. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Money and Banking Conference Monetary Policy under Uncertainty Dr. Sergey Ignatiev Chairman of the Bank of Russia (The 4 th of June 2007, Central Bank of Argentina, Buenos Aires) The Macroeconomic

More information

November 2012. Figure 1: New issuance (US$ billion) presents attractive opportunities

November 2012. Figure 1: New issuance (US$ billion) presents attractive opportunities November 2012 Emerging market corporate bonds attractive opportunities in a dynamic sector In a world where traditional fixed income investments, such as core government bonds, offer very low returns to

More information

South African Trade-Offs among Depreciation, Inflation, and Unemployment. Alex Diamond Stephanie Manning Jose Vasquez Erin Whitaker

South African Trade-Offs among Depreciation, Inflation, and Unemployment. Alex Diamond Stephanie Manning Jose Vasquez Erin Whitaker South African Trade-Offs among Depreciation, Inflation, and Unemployment Alex Diamond Stephanie Manning Jose Vasquez Erin Whitaker April 16, 2003 Introduction South Africa has one of the most unique histories

More information

The U.S. Financial Crisis: Lessons From Sweden

The U.S. Financial Crisis: Lessons From Sweden Order Code RS22962 September 29, 2008 The U.S. Financial Crisis: Lessons From Sweden Summary James K. Jackson Specialist in International Trade and Finance Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

More information

Growth and volatility will define global economy in 2016, says PineBridge Investments

Growth and volatility will define global economy in 2016, says PineBridge Investments Growth and volatility will define global economy in 2016, says PineBridge Investments PineBridge Investments forecasts 2.7% GDP growth in the United States Eurozone growth projected to slightly improve

More information

The U.S. Economy after September 11. 1. pushing us from sluggish growth to an outright contraction. b and there s a lot of uncertainty.

The U.S. Economy after September 11. 1. pushing us from sluggish growth to an outright contraction. b and there s a lot of uncertainty. Presentation to the University of Washington Business School For delivery November 15, 2001 at approximately 8:05 AM Pacific Standard Time (11:05 AM Eastern) By Robert T. Parry, President and CEO of the

More information

Chapter 17. Preview. Introduction. Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention

Chapter 17. Preview. Introduction. Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention Chapter 17 Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention Slides prepared by Thomas Bishop Copyright 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Preview Balance sheets of central banks Intervention

More information

2016 FIXED INCOME OUTLOOK

2016 FIXED INCOME OUTLOOK 216 FIXED INCOME OUTLOOK 216 FIXED INCOME OUTLOOK MODERATE VALUE AMIDST SPECTRE OF RATE HIKES Ooi Boon Peng Chief Investment Officer Fixed Income Boon Peng is responsible for overseeing the management

More information

Monetary policy, fiscal policy and public debt management

Monetary policy, fiscal policy and public debt management Monetary policy, fiscal policy and public debt management People s Bank of China Abstract This paper touches on the interaction between monetary policy, fiscal policy and public debt management. The first

More information

Answer: C Learning Objective: Money supply Level of Learning: Knowledge Type: Word Problem Source: Unique

Answer: C Learning Objective: Money supply Level of Learning: Knowledge Type: Word Problem Source: Unique 1.The aggregate demand curve shows the relationship between inflation and: A) the nominal interest rate. D) the exchange rate. B) the real interest rate. E) short-run equilibrium output. C) the unemployment

More information

MACROECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS VALUATION PROCESS

MACROECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS VALUATION PROCESS MACROECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS VALUATION PROCESS BUSINESS ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION To determine a proper price for a firm s stock, security analyst must forecast the dividend & earnings that can be expected

More information

Recent Developments and Outlook for the Mexican Economy Credit Suisse, 2016 Macro Conference April 19, 2016

Recent Developments and Outlook for the Mexican Economy Credit Suisse, 2016 Macro Conference April 19, 2016 Credit Suisse, Macro Conference April 19, Outline 1 Inflation and Monetary Policy 2 Recent Developments and Outlook for the Mexican Economy 3 Final Remarks 2 In line with its constitutional mandate, the

More information

CESEE DELEVERAGING AND CREDIT MONITOR 1

CESEE DELEVERAGING AND CREDIT MONITOR 1 DELEVERAGING AND CREDIT MONITOR 1 February 1, 1 BIS reporting banks continued to scale back their funding to Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe () in Q3 13, at broadly the same pace as in Q 13,

More information

FINANCIALISATION AND EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS IN SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES. Hamid Raza PhD Student, Economics University of Limerick Ireland

FINANCIALISATION AND EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS IN SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES. Hamid Raza PhD Student, Economics University of Limerick Ireland FINANCIALISATION AND EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS IN SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES Hamid Raza PhD Student, Economics University of Limerick Ireland Financialisation Financialisation as a broad concept refers to: a) an

More information

FISCAL CONSOLIDATION: HOW MUCH IS NEEDED TO REDUCE DEBT TO A PRUDENT LEVEL?

FISCAL CONSOLIDATION: HOW MUCH IS NEEDED TO REDUCE DEBT TO A PRUDENT LEVEL? Please cite this paper as: OECD (1), Fiscal Consolidation: How Much is Needed to Reduce Debt to a Prudent Level?, OECD Economics Department Policy Notes, No. 11, April. ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT POLICY NOTE

More information

Econ 336 - Spring 2007 Homework 5

Econ 336 - Spring 2007 Homework 5 Econ 336 - Spring 2007 Homework 5 Name MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The real exchange rate, q, is defined as A) E times P B)

More information

Bank of Ghana Monetary Policy Report. Financial Stability Report

Bank of Ghana Monetary Policy Report. Financial Stability Report BANK OF GHANA E S T. 1 9 5 7 Bank of Ghana Monetary Policy Report Financial Stability Report Volume 5: No.1/2013 February 2013 5.0 Introduction Conditions in global financial markets have improved significantly

More information

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. Russian Federation Concluding Statement for the 2012 Article IV Consultation Mission. Moscow, June 13, 2012

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. Russian Federation Concluding Statement for the 2012 Article IV Consultation Mission. Moscow, June 13, 2012 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Russian Federation Concluding Statement for the 2012 Article IV Consultation Mission Moscow, June 13, 2012 The Russian economy has recovered from the 2008-09 crisis and is now

More information